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Sat, Feb 11, 2023·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Vancouver Canucks 2, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 70% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN07113114234
DET2101827525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 1:08DETDylan LarkinAssists: Moritz Seider, Ben Chiarot · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:35DETJonatan BerggrenAssists: Ben Chiarot, Moritz Seider · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:02VANAnthony BeauvillierPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:17DETDylan LarkinPPGWGAssists: Robby Fabbri, David Perron · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:26DETFilip HronekAssists: Olli Maatta, Michael Rasmussen · Snap, 0.08 xG1–4
  6. P3 9:05DETJonatan BerggrenPPAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–5
  7. P3 10:25VANElias PetterssonAssists: Anthony Beauvillier · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:18VANJ.T. Miller: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 3:18VANJ.T. Miller: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 9:12VANOliver Ekman-Larsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 1:49DETOlli Maatta: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 11:56VANRiley Stillman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:25VANEthan Bear: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 1:38DETFilip Hronek: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  8. P3 7:27VANQuinn Hughes: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P3 11:27DETJordan Oesterle: Interference2 min
  10. P3 19:26DETMoritz Seider: Slashing2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
49% to win51% to win
← VAN attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lazar won the faceoff against Suter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANDET
34Shots on goal25
3.0Expected goals1.8
69Shot attempts42
26Faceoffs won23
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
19Hits17
10Blocked shots22
5Giveaways11
4Takeaways2

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Garland – Podkolzin9:10

    xG 0.31–0.03 (90%)attempts 15–2goals 0–0

  2. Boeser – Beauvillier – Pettersson11:11

    xG 0.56–0.43 (56%)attempts 15–9goals 1–2

  3. Di Giuseppe – Lazar – Aman6:32

    xG 0.18–0.10 (65%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Joshua – Dries – Kuzmenko8:00

    xG 0.22–0.24 (48%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Stillman13:15

    xG 0.75–0.41 (65%)attempts 18–6goals 0–1

  2. Schenn – Hughes2:58

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Bear – Hughes10:26

    xG 0.46–0.26 (64%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestSundqvist – Suter – Zadina7:01

    xG 0.14–0.01 (94%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Kubalik – Bertuzzi – Larkin9:09

    xG 0.27–0.20 (57%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Zadina2:05

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Perron – Veleno – Berggren8:19

    xG 0.32–0.47 (41%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Seider11:52

    xG 0.49–0.32 (61%)attempts 10–11goals 2–1

  2. Maatta – Hronek14:48

    xG 0.33–0.50 (39%)attempts 7–21goals 1–0

  3. Hagg – Oesterle13:29

    xG 0.11–0.67 (14%)attempts 6–17goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

DET 1.8 xGVAN 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 42/100 · #843 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 70% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

Simulated goal difference (DET − VAN), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).